Most popular girls’ names in California, 1917

Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,149
2	Dorothy	779
3	Helen	613
4	Margaret	549
5	Virginia	460
6	Ruth	432
7	Frances	400
8	Evelyn	334
9	Alice	316
10	Elizabeth	304
11	Barbara	298
12	Betty	269
13	Marie	268
14	Rose	246
15	Mildred	241
16	Florence	236
17	Eleanor	230
18	Marjorie	228
19	Josephine	214
20	Jean	208
21	Doris	193
22	Jane	180
23	Lillian	170
24	June	169
25	Grace	168

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Louise	160
27	Bernice	156
28	Lois	154
29	Irene	150
29	Lucille	150
31	Anna	141
32	Edna	138
33	Patricia	137
34	Catherine	135
35	Gladys	128
36	Phyllis	127
37	Marian	126
38	Marion	125
39	Katherine	123
40	Edith	122
41	Thelma	121
42	Pauline	118
43	Hazel	117
44	Esther	116
45	Elsie	114
46	Gertrude	112
47	Martha	104
48	Ethel	103
49	Geraldine	99
50	Ann	97
51	Emma	95
52	Agnes	93
53	Lorraine	91
54	Eva	90
55	Anita	89
56	Beatrice	88
56	Vivian	88
58	Dolores	86
59	Charlotte	83
60	Laura	82
61	Clara	81
62	Mabel	78
62	Norma	78
64	Jessie	77
64	Muriel	77
66	Audrey	76
67	Ellen	75
67	Julia	75
69	Kathryn	74
70	Winifred	73
71	Vera	71
72	Genevieve	70
72	Ida	70
72	Lena	70
75	Kathleen	69
75	Marguerite	69
77	Violet	68
78	Juanita	66
78	Viola	66
80	Nellie	63
81	Jeanne	62
81	Jennie	62
83	Alma	61
83	May	61
83	Ruby	61
83	Shirley	61
87	Anne	60
87	Wilma	60
89	Carmen	59
90	Emily	58
90	Janet	58
92	Maria	57
93	Pearl	56
94	Lucy	55
94	Maxine	55
96	Isabel	54
97	Madeline	53
98	Sylvia	52
99	Roberta	51
99	Theresa	51